Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer Leon Day was born in Alexandria, Virginia.

Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer Leon Day was born in Alexandria, Virginia.

On October 30, 1916, future Hall of Famer Leon Day was born in Alexandria, Virginia. Although Day would never play in the major leagues because of the color line, he became a star pitcher for the Newark Eagles of the Negro leagues and gained election to the Hall of Fame in 1995.